Line-holder



( No Model.)

W. R. MORSE.

LINE HOLDER.

No. 424,075. Pate'ntedMar. 25, 1890.

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WILLIAM R. lVIORSE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LINE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,075, dated March 25, 1890.

Application filed May 15 1889. Serial No. 310,924. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. MoEsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Line-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to line-holders or devices adapted to hold the lines up steadily in position over the hips-of the horse; and its object is to provide a convenient and simple means therefor.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of the harness as in position on the back of a horse. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the lineholder, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section View of the same.

Like parts are indicated by the same letter in all of the figures.

A is the back-strap, and B B the hip-bands, forming a junction at C over the hips of the horse in the usual manner.

D D are the lines.

E is a bow having the hooked ends F F, provided each with a button G G, whereby the bow is secured to the hip-straps.

H is a lug on the lower side of the center of the bow E, and secured to it is the transverse strap J, having buttons K K on its lower side, whereby it is or may be secured to the back-strap.

The device, consisting, essentially, of the bow and hooks, and particularly of the hooks oppositely situated, or at least of one hookfor in some instances one would, perhaps, be sufficient-is secured to the harness, preferably, at a point above the hips and at the junction of the hip-bands with the back-strap. If, as suggested, (though this is not the preferable ;form of my device,) the hooks should be closed so as to form eyes, the lines would.

preferably pass through such eyes. If, as in ordinary practice and in ordinary kinds of harness, the hooks are open, as indicated in Fig. 3, the operation would be as follows: IVhen the driver is holding the horse with a tight rein, the lines will be themselves supported above the back of the horse and will not, of course, be liable to become, entangled in any manner. Should,however, the driver drive with a loose rein, as is frequently the case, and particularly with family horses driven by ladies, the lines ordinarily fall down upon the horse, spreading from the backband, and lie loosely along the side of the horse, where they frequently become entangled with the straps and buckles of the harness, and are also caught underthe tail of the horse. If now, when the driver loosens the lines and permits them to fall into the hooks F F, spreading from the middle of the bow E or into one of such hooks, it is clear that they will be held up in such a manner as to be practically free from danger of becoming so entangled. The buttons may be made integral with or otherwise "attached to the holder. v

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a line-holder, the combination of abow E, having the hooked ends F F, with the buttons G G, whereby the bow is secured to the hipstraps, and the lug'H on the lower side of the center of the bow, and the strap J having the buttons K K, whereby it may be secured to the back-strap.

Signed at Chicago this 10th day of May, 1889.

IVILLIAM R. MORSE.

In presence of FRANCIS W. PARKER, FRANCIS M. IRELAND. 

